[nzlug] Does FAT32 imply long file names?

Johann Schoonees j.schoonees at irl.cri.nz
Wed Aug 16 09:11:06 NZST 2006


Warren Boyd wrote:
> 
>>> On 2006-08-15, at 03:31 , Johann Schoonees wrote:
>>>
>>>> If I put FAT32 on an external drive partition with something  like  
>>>> `mkdosfs -F32' for subsequent use with a Windows machine,  will 
>>>> long  file names work?  IOW does FAT32 imply VFAT?

[...]

> Perhaps you need to look a little closer as to why your friend can't  
> format the drive?

32 GB limit on the size of the disk?

Johann

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